Amy Haywood Hughes is a Savannah-based novelist, columnist, and lobbyist with a journalism degree from the University of Georgia and an MBA from Mercer University. As owner of Hughes Public Affairs, she advocates for her clients’ legislative and regulatory priorities. 

 

A lifelong Girl Scout, Amy and her husband, Lee, have three sons, two grandchildren who love the feel of marsh mud squishing through their toes. She lives in coastal Georgia on the Isle of Hope, where dolphins swim through her backyard daily.